Edward Caruso: ‘Itavia flight 870’
Edward Caruso reading ‘Itavia flight 870’
Glossary
Il mare è così blu: The sea is so blue
Domani accenderò due candele a San Pietro: Tomorrow I’ll light two candles at St Peters
Ho paura: I’m afraid
Ho paura di stare dai miei nonni: I’m scared of staying at my grandparents
Il mare così nero: The sea so black
This poem was inspired by a visit to the Museum for the Memory of Ustica in Bologna, Italy.
Photo courtesy of Brendan Bonsack
Edward Caruso works as a book editor. His poems have been published in Right Now, n-Scribe, Unusual Work, La Bottega della Poesia (La Repubblica, Italy) and A Voz Limpia. His second collection of poems, Blue Milonga, was published by Hybrid Publishers in January 2019. In August 2019 he featured on 3CR’s Spoken Word program. His first book, Di Alture ed altre Utopie, written in Italian, was published in 2010. Both books were based on time spent in Argentina, Chile and Peru.